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Fabric book cover (8” x 8”) Not feeling well lasted a week. I’m not very good at being sick and resting to get better. I’m okay with staying home to not spread germs, but I work from home so I usually keep working when I’m sick. Last week I kept telling myself: it was just […]

Lost: Black Moleskine cashiers notebook with Kelly Rae Roberts magnetic book mark on the front cover. Contains correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, project ideas and tutorials that I hoped to try. Last seen: In my bag at guild meeting Jul 7th Contact: Desperate Artist Reward for safe return If I could post such an ad,

Bike path near University Lake When we arrived in Anchorage last summer, one of the sales people we met stated the summers here make you forget about winter. I enjoy winter, but I now understand the sentiment – the long, dark winter is the price we pay for summer like this. A summer filled with

I was smitten with the iron-ons and die-cut fabric letters from Donna Downey. I combined them with natural canvas, wire and inspirational words from Donna. I like the simplicity of this book but next time, I’ll add a bit of color to the canvas first.

Girl sewn on card (3.5” x 8”) My day job had been extra busy leaving me too drained to play in my studio. Instead I’ve been curling up with a good book, er.. 3 books. It’s a trilogy aimed at teens but the story sucked me in. Thankfully, I had already scheduled today off. So

With Her Sisters She is Invincible (10” x 10”) I wanted to try multiple girls on a quilt – the result is this sisters quilt. I couldn’t resist including the selvedge on the dresses such a fun, easy embellishment to an art quilt. This is my last cream, green and black for a while. The

Eklutna Lake The trees have started budding here in Alaska. The weather has been beautiful and I’ve been on my bike going for miles and miles. Riding my bike makes me happy! And I love that it makes other people smile when they see it. Bike at Goose Lake Sorry there are no new creations

my quilt guild challenge project: We were given a fat quarter and a fabric fortune cookie with which we could create anything that incorporated both the idea of fortune and the fabric. Photos 5 -7 here show the challenge fabric (an oriental pattern in grays and gold). My fortune said, ‘To know the mind of